The Economic Times

She became a wife at 11. 12 years later, she chose prison over living with her husband. At 24, she became Indias first woman to get a divorce

In an era where womens rights were nothing more than a laughingstock in India and women were bartered away like cattle for marriage even before entering puberty, one lady became a one-woman army and boldly chose imprisonment over staying with the husband she was married off to as a child. Her case made headlines both in India and London, and eventually, with some help from Queen Victoria herself, Rukmabai Raut became the first Hindu woman to obtain a divorce in India.